A magical and spectacular natural site, unique in the world, Pamukkale (Hierapolis) is a fairyland of dazzling white, petrified castles. Thermal spring waters laden with calcareous salts running off the plateau's edge have created this fantastic formation of stalactites, cataracts and basins. The hot springs have been used since Roman times for their therapeutic powers. Both the thermal center with its thermal pools, and the ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis, are situated on the plateau.

SITES OF INTEREST: Pamukkale (Hierapolis), Çamlık, Karcı River and Evkara Çamlığı forest recreation areas, Ortakçı, Karahayıt and Yenice hot springs, Beycesultan tumulus, Laodikeia, Hierapolis and Tripolis ruins, Akhan, Çardakhan; Inns (caravansary), Ahmetli Bridge (Akköprü), Sultan Murad II Mosque, Beycesultan vault, Yatağan Baba Mausoleum, Pamukkale Museum.